How do I change configure nautilus options

[Nopposan]

Hi, folks.

Please tell me how to configure Nautilus file management options. 'Can't find anything in the "preferences" or "system" menus that looks promising.

Thanks.

[hictio]

What do you have in mind? What do you need specifically?

[Nopposan]

I'd like to be able to have it display the window that a person can type the path into. I'd also like to configure it to default to the "list view" setting.

Thanks.

[hictio]

Cool, then, I'm not really sure if there is a way of doing this within the GUI, so, type:



Alt + F2


And then type:


gconf-editor (ENTER)


Navigate, or open: apps/ Nautilus/ preferences
And set, check the option:

'always_use_location_entry'

And, then, set, change, or edit the value:
'default_folder_viewer' as 'list_view' ,(without quotes)

No need to reboot or anything.

You can also set those values directly from the Terminal prompt, but I don;t recall the exact syntax at the moment, and I'm kinda in a hurry to look it :)

[oldos2er]

I'd like to be able to have it display the window that a person can type the path into. I'd also like to configure it to default to the "list view" setting.

Thanks.

You want the 'Location bar.' It should have a toggle you can click to enter a directory name.

[hictio]

You want the 'Location bar.' It should have a toggle you can click to enter a directory name.

This is the toggle that oldoser means, click on the 'pencil and paper icon':


http://xs432.xs.to/xs432/08442/naut.01912.png.xs.jpg
(http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs432&d=08442&f=naut.01912.png)

And it will expand onto the Location Bar:

http://xs432.xs.to/xs432/08442/naut.00665.png.xs.jpg
(http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs432&d=08442&f=naut.00665.png)

[Nopposan]

Right, but I wanted the location bar to display all the time.

Thanks, Hictio.